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YSU Named to Forbes List of Top Colleges Forbes magazine has included YSU in its annual list of America’s Top Colleges for 2013. The rankings, developed by Forbes in partnership with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for College Affordability and Productivity, are tied to student satisfaction, postgraduate success, student debt, graduation rate and other factors. “Our students and alumni are well aware of YSU’s excellence; it’s gratifying to see that affirmed by a reputable, independent source such as Forbes,” YSU President Randy J. Dunn said. While YSU ranks 638 on the list of 650 top schools, he noted that about two-thirds of the 2,000 four-year colleges and universities in the nation didn’t even make it into the rankings. “Just to be included on the list means that we are among the top one-third of four-year institutions in the nation, which is something very much worthy of our attention,” he said. The Forbes ranking is the latest in a string of honors for YSU. The university placed 21st among nearly 400 post-secondary institutions in Ohio for providing the greatest lifetime return on investment in a report released by AffordableCollegesOnline.org. In addition, a study by OnlineCollegesDatabase.org ranked YSU’s Beeghly College of Education one of the nation’s top 40 schools for teacher education, and edCetera, an education technology blog, recently recognized YSU for using cutting-edge technology to improve student retention.
Pipino Performing Arts Series Named to Honor Businessman YSU’s annual performing art series has a new name honoring the late Donald P. Pipino, a successful business owner, accomplished musician and devoted patron of the arts who regularly attended YSU music and theatrical performances. In the photo at left, Christine Pipino Muransky glances at a photo of her late father during a news conference announcing the naming of the Donald P. Pipino Performing Arts Series. Muransky, and her husband, Edward, made a $100,000 donation to the YSU College of Creative Arts and Communication which will be used to support the performing arts series in perpetuity. “This performing arts series is such a perfect tribute to my beloved dad’s memory because music gave him such great pleasure,” Muransky said.
Early College Ranked With Top High Schools Youngstown Early College, a partnership of the Youngstown city schools and YSU, was ranked among the area’s best high schools under the state’s newly developed Ohio School Report Cards. The high school, housed in Fedor Hall on the YSU campus, was ranked with seven other top-scoring Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana county high schools – Canfield, Poland, South Range, Western Reserve, Champion, Maplewood and McDonald. YEC offers regular high school classes for students in grades nine through 12, and upper class students may also enroll in regular YSU college classes. More than half of the 47 students in the 2013 graduating class earned 50 college credits or more.
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Governor Names Student Trustee Eric Shehadi, a mathematics major from McDonald, Ohio, has been named a student member of the YSU Board of Trustees. Gov. John Kasich appointed Shehadi to a two-year term that expires in 2015. Eric Shehadi Shehadi is a Leslie H. Cochran University Scholar at YSU, treasurer of the University Scholars Trustees, vice president of Finance for Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, an honorary national mathematics society, and the STEM Leadership Society.